Average leading time per game in the Premier League this season: Manchester City duo, Arsenal top 3, Liverpool 13th

 3:54am, 12 November 2025

This season’s Premier League has ended 11 rounds. OPTA has calculated the proportion of time each team is leading, lagging, and evenly matched. Manchester City leads the longest on average per game, accounting for 55% of the total game time, while Crystal Palace and Chelsea have the shortest average game time behind each game, which is only 13% of the total game time.

In terms of average lead time, Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal rank in the top three, while defending champion Liverpool can only rank 13th.